UK law firm Kennedys has hired insurance industry veteran Mark Errington as a partner in Singapore from RPC. Errington is set to join in July.

The announcement comes shortly after Australian law firm Wotton + Kearney announced it would launch in Singapore after hiring two insurance partners from Kennedys – Ben Nicholson and Tom Morrison.

An insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution specialist with a focus on property, construction and engineering, power and energy, terrorism and political violence, and associated business interruption/DSU claims, Errington advises clients in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region.

He also has arbitration experience and acts on subrogated recovery actions globally, mainly arising out of power generation and commercial property losses.

Errington, who has been based in Singapore for 25 years, counts Stephenson Harwood, HFW, Clyde & Co and the legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert among his previous employers. In 2012, he joined RPC to help set up that firm’s Singapore office.

“Mark’s breadth of expertise and depth of knowledge in property damage liability and claims in the power, infrastructure and energy space will prove invaluable to both our local and our international client base,” said Julian Wallace, joint managing partner of Kennedys Legal Solutions, in a statement. “His level of experience and technical excellence are widely respected across his areas of practice, in Singapore and beyond.”

Kennedys launched its Singapore office in 2008 and has been in a JLV with Legal Solutions since 2015. The website currently lists 12 partners in Singapore, including aviation lawyer Tristan Thompson, who joined from DLA Piper in late 2022.